Doc: CED 22(7273) AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO IS 2878:2004 FIRE EXTINGUISHER, CARBON DIOXIDE TYPE (PORTABLE AND TROLLEY MOUNTED) - SPECIFICATION (Foreword) Insert the following new clause: `A scheme for labeling environment friendly products known as ECO Mark has been introduced at the instance of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF), Government of India. The ECO Mark would be administered by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the BIS Act, 1986 as per the Resolution No. 71 dated 21 February 1991 and No. 425 dated 28 October 1992 published in the Gazette of the Government of India. For a product to be eligible for marking with ECO logo, it shall also carry the ISI Mark of BIS besides meeting additional optional environment friendly requirements. For the purpose, the Standard Mark of BIS would be a single mark being a combination of the ISI Mark and the ECO logo. Requirements to be satisfied for a product to qualify for the BIS Standard Mark for ECO friendliness being included in the relevant published standards through an amendment. These requirements are optional; manufacturing units are free to opt for the ISI Mark alone also. The amendment is based on the Gazette Notification No. 160 dated 1 April 1999 for Fire Extinguishers as environment friendly products published in the Gazette of Government of India. (Page 8, Clause 10) Insert the following new clauses after 9.5 and renumber the subsequent clauses: `10 OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ECO MARK 10.1 General Requirements 10.1.1 Any fire extinguisher having BIS Standard Mark qualifies for consideration of ECO Mark. 10.1.2 The products manufacturer must produce the consent clearance as per provision of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 respectively, along with authorization if required under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Rules made thereunder to the Bureau of Indian Standards while applying for ECO Mark.
10.1.3 The products may display in brief the criteria based on which the product has been awarded ECO Mark. 10.1.4 The product may carry along with instructions for proper use so as to maximize product performance with statutory warning, if any, minimize waste and method of safe disposal. 10.1.5 The material used for product packaging (excluding refills) shall be recyclable, reusable or biodegradable. 10.1.6 The product must display a list of critical ingredients in descending order of quantity present in percent by weight. The list of such critical ingredients shall be identified by the Bureau of Indian Standards. 10.2 Specific Requirements 10.2.1 The fire extinguisher shall not contain any Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS) relevant to fire extinguishers industry as identified under the Montreal Protocol (see Annex F). 10.2.2 Gas based extinguishing media once discharged in the atmosphere should not have atmospheric life time of more than a year (see Annex G). 10.2.3 Chemical used should not have global warming potential (see Annex H). 10.2.4 The metallic body and other metal parts of the fire extinguishers shall be free of lead or lead alloys. 10.2.5 The coating used for the metallic part shall not be formulated with mercury and mercury compounds or be tinted with pigments of lead, cadmium, chromium VI and their oxides. Excluded are natural impurities entailed by the production process up to the amount 0.1 percent by weight which are contained in the raw material. NOTE CO 2 extinguishers may be permitted till suitable substitutes are available.
ANNEX F (Clause 10.2.1) LIST OF OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS) CONTROLLED BY MONTREAL PROTOCOL Trade Name ODP Halon 1211 3.0 Halon 1301 10.0 Halon 2402 6.0 CFC-11 1.0 CFC-12 1.0 CFC-113 0.8 CFC-114 1.0 CFC-115 0.6 CCI 4 1.1 C 2 H 3 C 13 0.1 CFC-13 1.0 CFC-111 1.0 CFC-112 1.0 CFC-211 1.0 CFC-212 1.0 CFC-213 1.0 CFC-214 1.0 CFC-215 1.0 CFC-216 1.0 CFC-217 1.0 Methyl Bromide 0.6 NOTE ODP values are relative to CFC-II which has been assigned arbitrary value of 1.0
ANNEX G (Clause 10.2.2) LIST OF ATMOSHPERIC LIFE TIME OF GAS-BASED AGENTS Trade Name Designation Atmospheric Life Time (Year) Halon 13001 (CF 31) < 1 day NAFS III HCFC (Blend A) 12 FE 25 HCFC-125 36 FE 241 HCFC-124 6 FE 36 HFC-227 fa 250 FE 13 HFC-23 250 FM 200 HFC-227 ea 41 CEA 410 FC-3-1-10 2 600 Halon 1301 Halon 1301 65 Inergen IG 541 - Argonite IG 55 - Argon IG 01 -
ANNEX H (Clause 10.2.3) LIST OF SUBSTANCES HAVING GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL (GWP) Trade Name GWP (100 year) V s CO 2 Halon 1301 5 600 Inergen - Argonite - Argon - CEA 410 5 500 FM 200 3 300 FE 13 12 100 FE 36 8 000 FE 241 480 FE 25 3 200 NAFS III 1 450 CF 31 < 5 (Page 7, Clause 9.4.1, line 3) Delete `Annex A. (Page 8, Clause 9.5) Renumber as `9.6.